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Post by Sky Schemer on Sept 27, 2024 11:38:56 GMT
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morrahadesigns
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Post by morrahadesigns on Sept 27, 2024 12:20:49 GMT
I hold the same concern in that regard. In rehards to Bugsy's reaction to the book of names. This changes my perception of her a bit. I have been looking at this simply as the fae made a deal and the fae take contracts VERY seriously (which they do). This though has me now thinking that the court has deliberately withheld information and made the fairies think that the court is their only avenue to earning a name. Add that to the already skeezy knowledge that the court is the reason the fairies are born hollow and this just keeps on getting darker and darker. |
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Post by pylgrimm on Sept 27, 2024 12:23:31 GMT
"Not being a cruel person" means nothing (even if true) for someone as utilitarian as Omega has proved herself to be. She can be nice enough to allow the students to be disconnected right now after their life-long indentured servitude has brought upon the success of her plans. However, you just know that if there was a wrinkle in the system that made it so more of their soul juice is required... welp, nothing to do! It's for the "greater good!"
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Post by ctso74 on Sept 27, 2024 13:39:58 GMT
*crosses fingers* Please cut to Meg strapping puppies into a machine.
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Post by Eily on Sept 27, 2024 15:02:13 GMT
I hope Bugsy doesn't see this as an opportunity to bargain for the names. Her reaction to learning that the student might not get a name suggest otherwise, but it's been shown that she and the other fairies have very a unpredictable moral compass, so who knows what she might consider as a good reason to withhold a name?
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Post by crater on Sept 27, 2024 15:17:46 GMT
She's looking for Fartlord and Uglyuglyugly
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morrahadesigns
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Post by morrahadesigns on Sept 27, 2024 15:33:56 GMT
I hope Bugsy doesn't see this as an opportunity to bargain for the names. Her reaction to learning that the student might not get a name suggest otherwise, but it's been shown that she and the other fairies have very a unpredictable moral compass, so who knows what she might consider as a good reason to withhold a name? I think that won't happen, simply because it wouldn't serve the current narrative. But it's entirely conceivable that a fae might decide to withhold a name if another fae had pissed them off or was just unlikable. I think though that forcing the court's compliance (however obliquely) is more important at this time. |
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Post by Gemini Jim on Sept 27, 2024 16:10:49 GMT
Yes, everyone knows that narratively speaking, saying something like that is just asking for trouble. As for Meg.... I get the feeling that her personal Trolley Problem features the Foley students on one track, and the U.S.S. Gunnerkrigg escape plan on the other, and well.... "sorry, it's nothing personal" as she sends the trolley down the Foley track. |
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Post by pyradonis on Sept 27, 2024 16:40:47 GMT
Another example of "Hey, alls I know is what dey tells me."
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Post by rabbit on Sept 27, 2024 16:48:46 GMT
I hope Bugsy doesn't see this as an opportunity to bargain for the names. Her reaction to learning that the student might not get a name suggest otherwise, but it's been shown that she and the other fairies have very a unpredictable moral compass, so who knows what she might consider as a good reason to withhold a name? Rather than intentional malice, rabbit thinks Bugsy might lose some of the fae simply by being really indecisive about which names to use, now that she has a whole book of choices. That would seem to fit her personality better... |
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Post by rabbit on Sept 27, 2024 16:50:17 GMT
She's looking for Fartlord and Uglyuglyugly rabbit regrets to inform you that mrs. rabbit says "Fartlord" is already taken disclaimer: rabbit has no idea what mrs. rabbit is talking about |
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Post by peachpie on Sept 27, 2024 17:51:58 GMT
There's something ominous in Bugsy's face in this page. Like Annie and Kat have handed her a flame thrower and wandered way. The phrase "bunch of pissed off fairies" has been sending cold shivers down my spine for a week or two now. Also I would very much like to know Annie's definition of "cruel".
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Post by TBeholder on Sept 27, 2024 18:11:54 GMT
"Not being a cruel person" means nothing (even if true) for someone as utilitarian as Omega has proved herself to be. She can be nice enough to allow the students to be disconnected right now after their life-long indentured servitude has brought upon the success of her plans. However, you just know that if there was a wrinkle in the system that made it so more of their soul juice is required... welp, nothing to do! It's for the "greater good!" Why? Meg said it, she only wants to run around in the distortion. The rest does not really matter to her one way or another, she only moves people around because it’s a way to mess with Annie and hinder her attempts to shut down the distortion. |
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Post by Blitz on Sept 28, 2024 3:02:53 GMT
(I haven't been following the threads so idk if someone else said it already) Maybe this will have unforseen consequences, like maybe naming things is a human-only ability, or maybe giving names grants aether-based creatures more power, like how they're nameless mooks right now but as soon as you give them a name they become important, or something
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Post by tibert on Sept 28, 2024 6:46:12 GMT
(I haven't been following the threads so idk if someone else said it already) Maybe this will have unforseen consequences, like maybe naming things is a human-only ability, or maybe giving names grants aether-based creatures more power, like how they're nameless mooks right now but as soon as you give them a name they become important, or something Naming being restricted to humans would explain why Annie, part fire elemental, is so bad at it. Still, the former rabbit (jackalope?) was able to name <snuffle>, and still had to attend the classes like everyone else.
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Post by pylgrimm on Sept 28, 2024 9:12:21 GMT
"Not being a cruel person" means nothing (even if true) for someone as utilitarian as Omega has proved herself to be. She can be nice enough to allow the students to be disconnected right now after their life-long indentured servitude has brought upon the success of her plans. However, you just know that if there was a wrinkle in the system that made it so more of their soul juice is required... welp, nothing to do! It's for the "greater good!" Why? Meg said it, she only wants to run around in the distortion. The rest does not really matter to her one way or another, she only moves people around because it’s a way to mess with Annie and hinder her attempts to shut down the distortion. She enjoys running in the distortion and probably will not do anything drastic just for such a selfish reason. However, she's beyond duty-bound to the Court. There's nothing she hasn't done/won't do to see their long-term plans succeed. |
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Post by pyradonis on Sept 28, 2024 12:29:51 GMT
"Not being a cruel person" means nothing (even if true) for someone as utilitarian as Omega has proved herself to be. She can be nice enough to allow the students to be disconnected right now after their life-long indentured servitude has brought upon the success of her plans. However, you just know that if there was a wrinkle in the system that made it so more of their soul juice is required... welp, nothing to do! It's for the "greater good!" Why? Meg said it, she only wants to run around in the distortion. The rest does not really matter to her one way or another, she only moves people around because it’s a way to mess with Annie and hinder her attempts to shut down the distortion. That means the distortion must be kept running until they have left. And even then, she seems to believe that the distortion lasting infinitely would be a net positive for those affected. |
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Post by Tenjen on Sept 28, 2024 15:41:46 GMT
What if we give the girl a name? Perhaps its not too late? Something to atleast remember her by?
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Post by Corvo on Sept 28, 2024 16:56:29 GMT
This is all well and good until she figures out compound names, then it's downhill all the way.
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Post by czymsim on Sept 28, 2024 18:03:42 GMT
The second panel is very "first day at new job" vibes, love Bugsy's nervous smile.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Sept 28, 2024 18:27:59 GMT
I hope Bugsy doesn't see this as an opportunity to bargain for the names. Her reaction to learning that the student might not get a name suggest otherwise, but it's been shown that she and the other fairies have very a unpredictable moral compass, so who knows what she might consider as a good reason to withhold a name? Because of the circumstances I think Bugsy feels empathy to the Foley kids and probably won't withhold names from them... ...after that, though, I wonder if at some point she'll run off into the distortion/wood/ether/wherever with the list and bargain names in return for living like a queen... |
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Post by blahzor on Sept 28, 2024 21:00:34 GMT
Going to come out that Meg wanted them to do this |
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Post by jda on Sept 29, 2024 8:25:43 GMT
I think Bugsy will somehow not be up to the task;
I figure after a while they will be back, and found her still in the same spot, jiggling and mesmerized by reading the names again and again.
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Post by bedinsis on Sept 29, 2024 8:49:01 GMT
Next page will be page 3000. I wonder if there will be anything special. I doubt it.
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Post by TBeholder on Sept 29, 2024 18:17:40 GMT
She enjoys running in the distortion and probably will not do anything drastic just for such a selfish reason. However, she's beyond duty-bound to the Court. There's nothing she hasn't done/won't do to see their long-term plans succeed. I didn’t see «beyond duty-bound» there. She definitely leans this way, yes. But it looked like almost an afterthought. Not necessarily anything more than just sunk costs and nostalgia for her old crush. |
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Post by eyemyself on Sept 30, 2024 3:39:10 GMT
I hope Bugsy doesn't see this as an opportunity to bargain for the names. Her reaction to learning that the student might not get a name suggest otherwise, but it's been shown that she and the other fairies have very a unpredictable moral compass, so who knows what she might consider as a good reason to withhold a name? Rather than intentional malice, rabbit thinks Bugsy might lose some of the fae simply by being really indecisive about which names to use, now that she has a whole book of choices. That would seem to fit her personality better... You may be on to something. |
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Post by eyemyself on Sept 30, 2024 4:10:17 GMT
I suspect we are all overthinking the whole “who can name a fairy thing. Exhibit A: ![The Naming of Fairies | Jones: Did you have a good time? Annie: I named one of them by mistake. Jones: I assumed you knew not to do that. Annie: Please tell me I didn’t ruin her life. Jones: Far from it. This sort of thing happens fairly often. I'm sure e she was very happy.]() vs. Exhibit B:  |
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Post by Gemminie on Sept 30, 2024 14:01:42 GMT
Bugsy is confused by the book of names (well, the stack of pages that used to be a book of names). She doesn't seem to have thought that such a thing could exist, a compendium of names one could just use. She looks a bit overwhelmed but says she'll do her best.
Annie says that they'll help find others who are in trouble too, so Bugsy can help them. She says she doesn't want what happened to the purple-haired girl, who died without a name, to happen to anyone else. Bugsy, who had been shocked by that just moments earlier, now seems to just shrug it off, fascinated by the name pages.
Annie then says that she doesn't think Omega will interfere with this, because although she wants the distortion to continue, she isn't a cruel person. That is, what they're doing here, freeing the Foley students so they don't die, isn't going to end the distortion in and of itself; Omega isn't going to prevent Annie from saving lives just because she likes to watch people die. We can briefly still see the bandaid on the back of Kat's neck.
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